Politics

Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth joined MP’s from all sides, as well as medical bodies and scientists rounding on the government for pulling out of the European nuclear body Euratom as part of its chaotic Brexit plans. The Royal College of Radiologists today warned that ‘thousands’ of cancer patients face delays to their treatment as leaving Euratom 'threatens supply of key cancer treatment material,’ as radioactive isotopes that decay quickly need to flow freely from Europe. The Labour frontbencher...

An aristocrat accused of offering £,5000 to "accidentally" run over leading Brexit challenger Gina Miller in a series of Facebook post, a court heard (today). Rhodri Philipps, the 4th Viscount St Davids, 50, added she was a "bloody troublesome first generation immigrant" who should be sent back to her "stinking Jungle. He allegeded made the comments on November 7 last year - four days after Ms Miller won a landmark High Court challenge over Brexit. Philipps, also known as Lord...

Tory MP and prominent Brexiteer Anne Marie Morris has been recorded saying that a Brexit no deal would be a "real n*****r in the woodpile" at a meeting of eurosceptics in Central London. The member of parliament for Newton Abbott was discussing what financial services deal the UK could struck with Brussels after 2019. After saying just seven per cent of financial services in the UK would be affected by Brexit, Morris said: “Now I’m sure there will be many people who’ll...

“I’m beginning to think Brexit may never happen” Vince Cable confessed to Andrew Marr this morning. The favourite to be the next Lib Dem leader became the latest commentator to express doubt that the government’s Brexit course is achievable or likely to ever happen. "The problems are so enormous, the divisions within the two major parties are so enormous. I can see a scenario in which this doesn't happen,” the former Business Secretary told the BBC on Sunday. https://www.facebook.com/TheLondonEconomic/videos/1275748139203333/ Earlier...

Jacob Rees-Mogg is in serious contention to become the next leader of the Conservative party, according to the latest betting trends. The MP for North East Somerset has become somewhat of an Instagram star and seems to have put himself in contention for the top position if it is vacated by Theresa May. The eccentric Eurosceptic toff is a hit with a group of young Conservatives led by 23-year-old Sam Frost from London, who has set up a petition for Rees-Mogg to...

Robert Halfon, the former Apprenticeships and Skills Minister, was unceremoniously sacked by prime minister Theresa May just after the June General Election. Halfon had one or two things to say about the prime minister which we won’t repeat here, but which we highly recommend you go and read. While the low profile of the position means most people don’t know who the Apprenticeships and Skills Minister is, Halfon’s sacking may be significant. He was a huge supporter of further education...

A new poll has shown that the Labour party are storming ahead in the polls, leaving the Conservatives behind, as the party is still licking its wounds from the poor election performance. Jeremy Corbyn is now pushing hard to become the next PM. The YouGov poll, the first by the pollsters since the Election result, has put Labour on 46 per cent and the Conservatives on 38 per cent. Way behind are UKIP on 4 per cent and the Lib...

GMB members are angry enough to have given a mandate for the earliest possible strike date The first ever Sellafield Firefighters’ strike will go ahead this month after talks between GMB, the union for nuclear workers, and Sellafield Ltd broke down. Discussions lasted just 30 minutes – including two adjournments. GMB members are so angry they have given a mandate for the earliest possible strike date later this month. The Sellafield Strike Committee will decide tomorrow the date for the...

The Iraq war and the fall-out afterwards has left a dark stain on Blair's time as PM. His legacy will forever be tainted by the war and the reasons for it. Now the man who led the investigation into the war has broken his silence. Sir John Chilcot has said he doesn't think Tony Blair was “straight with the nation” about his decisions in the run-up to the Iraq war. The chairman of the public inquiry into the 2003 conflict...